Ben Ysursa

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge ruled that a nonprofit group must disclose donors who financed more than $200,000 in campaign ads touting public schools chief Tom Luna's education overhaul. Late Monday, Fourth District Judge Michael Wetherell ruled in favor of Secretary of State Ben Ysursa, who had filed the lawsuit against Education Voters of Idaho...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A lawsuit to force a group touting public schools chief Tom Luna's education overhaul to reveal still-secret financiers is back in state court. The group, Education Voters of Idaho, sought a shift to federal court, to help it fight Secretary of State Ben Ysursa's demands...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Secretary of State Ben Ysursa says he's likely to demand that a group helping finance the campaign to save Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna's education reforms reveal its contributors. Education Voters of Idaho collected at least $200,000 to promote Luna's reforms ahead of the Nov...

A new panel tasked with redrawing Idaho's political maps will convene later this month and not on Monday, as Secretary of State Ben Ysursa had hoped. Ysursa had asked Idaho Senate and House leaders, along with the chairmen of the Democratic and Republican parties, on Monday to name new members to the six-person redistricting committee by Wednesday, with meetings set to begin next week... Read Mor

Republican redistricting commission members have also filed a request for review.  The petitions are likely to result in the commissioners being called back to Boise to finish their work.  Redistricters must reset Idaho's 35 legislative districts and two congressional districts every 10 years, to reflect population changes and preserve the "one-person, one-person" vote principle... Read